City
Christopher, Illinois
7,353 opinions mention this place
Christopher is a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,836 at the 2000 census. It was the site of an early-morning railroad freight train derailment on Monday, December 4, 2006, involving two locomotives and 21 cars of an 83-car Union Pacific train; an unknown hazardous chemical spill ensued and mildly sickened several victims and rescue personnel, who were treated but not hospitalized. Christopher was the birthplace of the actor John Malkovich, former NBA player and coach Doug Collins, America's Next Top Model contestant Nichole Smith, Fear Factor contestant Christopher Dallas-Feeney and Match Game host Gene Rayburn.
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Landmark decisions involving Christopher
- Roper v. Simmons (2005)543 U.S. 551
- Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 244
- McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
- Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
- Payne v. Tennessee (1991)501 U.S. 808
- South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)383 U.S. 301
- Rose v. Himley (1808)8 U.S. 241overruled
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- 60 F3D 913American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
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- 60 F3D 591Decker v. GlenFed, Inc.
- 60 F3D 435Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1
- 60 F3D 1273Carney v. Village of Darien
- 6 F3D 876Long Island Lighting Co. v. Imo Industries Inc.
- 6 F3D 67United States v. Cutler
- 6 F3D 448Rufolo v. Midwest Marine Contractor, Inc.
- 6 F3D 1201United States v. DePriest
- 59 F3D 164United States v. Anderson
- 59 F3D 1365Press Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 59 F3D 1281National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 59 F3D 1186Davis v. Prudential Securities, Inc.
- 59 F3D 1095United States v. Phillips
- 59 F3D 1055Kelley v. Michaels
- 59 F3D 1041Turner v. Small Business Administration
- 58 F3D 654Action for Children's Television v. Federal Communications Commission
- 58 F3D 468Correia v. Commissioner
- 58 F3D 1406Bank Melli Iran v. Pahlavi
- 58 F3D 1154United States v. Sorensen
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- 57 F3D 31United States v. Billmyer
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- 57 F3D 1517Dioxin/Organochlorine Center v. Clarke
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- 57 F3D 1067Parker v. City of Hampton
- 56 F3D 750Scholes v. Lehmann
- 56 F3D 703Lewis v. Intermedics Intraocular, Inc.
- 56 F3D 647United States v. Ruggiero
- 56 F3D 62Solesbee v. Witkowski
- 56 F3D 450Sussman v. Bank of Israel
- 56 F3D 418United States v. Garcia
- 56 F3D 279Kidwell v. Department of the Army
- 56 F3D 151Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 56 F3D 1243Mountain Side Mobile Estates Partnership v. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
- 56 F3D 1106United States v. Alber
- 56 F3D 105Alliance for Community Media v. Federal Communications Commission
- 55 F3D 64United States v. Local 359, United Seafood Workers
- 55 F3D 1420St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. F.H.
- 55 F3D 1082Dardar v. Lafourche Realty Co.
- 54 F3D 51United States v. McCarthy
- 54 F3D 1488Maez v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph, Inc.
- 53 F3D 533United States v. Hopkins
- 53 F3D 327Blevens v. Town of Bow
- 53 F3D 1105United States v. Frazier
- 53 F3D 1023Curtis v. Nevada Bonding Corp.
- 52 F3D 560Pavone v. Mississippi Riverboat Amusement Corp.
- 52 F3D 325Greene v. Tucker
- 52 F3D 1531Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. Watchman
- 51 F3D 372Meloff v. New York Life Insurance